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Sweden, Norway, and the Netherlands are demanding refunds from Trump after $15 million in USAID contributions for the Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) project remained unspent.

The project aimed to help farmers grow more food without straining water resources, but USAID froze the funds following Trump’s cuts to foreign aid.

The countries expressed frustration over a lack of response from USAID and warned they might go public.

The funding freeze harms 6 million vulnerable farmers, and donor nations are seeking alternatives to continue WE4F.

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I never even knew that USAID is paid by Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands. I thought it was USA-funded... fund.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 4 days ago

Might just be because USAID was established so it's easier to just donate through them than to set up your own thing. Might have also been more effective since more of the money can go to the cause and less for setting up the aid.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

Neither did Trump or anyone who shut it out most likely. Bunch of Apes.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Come on guys, the US is in dire need of that money. How will they be able to throw billions at their military industrial complex if not for our donations?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

How would we afford our billionaires! Think of the Yachts and their missing owners!

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 days ago

Trump in the worst, stiffing everyone always.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) is a joint international initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the European Union (EU), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the Netherlands, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Announced at World Water Week in 2018 and launched at a signature event by Social Capital Markets in 2019 in San Francisco,

WE4F aims to:

Increase food production along the value chain through a more sustainable and efficient usage of water and/or energy. Increase income for base of the pyramid women and men in both rural and urban areas. Sustainably scale innovators’ solutions to meet the challenges in the WE4F nexus. Promote climate and environmental resilience and biodiversity through the sustainable, holistic management of natural resources and ecosystems.

https://energypedia.info/wiki/Water_and_Energy_for_Food